STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM.
Sir James Parr last night at Avondalpaused for a moment in an effectirt peroration to take a sip of water. A Voice: Won't you have a «ra_ berry, Jimmy? (Laughter.) Sir James. I will tell you about tM strawberr as and cream. (More lajghter■) I don't wonder that you laugh, but ifc. no joke for the Labour party. MrMason could not take his licking. Hlodged a petition to upset my electionIt was the most Aims. and unsubstantial petition ever put in a Court. (Applause. Both the judges threw it out. It »« Mason and Mr. Savage. M.P., who bac_ i it £212 in costs, which they wen ordered to pa . mc. I lifted that cheque with even greater pleasure than J enjoyed when T ate the luscious straffberries of the Garden of Eden. (Laflgnter.) Then the unions were circular-* to find the money. but the response, l understand, was disappointing M» Mason. (Laughter.. I met a LaMU. MP. at Wellington the day the petition was lodged. He said. "Parr, we «« ashamed" of it. Tt will do us no goMIt is not the act of a sport."
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 244, 15 October 1925, Page 10
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